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森田座辻番付 「仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）」、「道行旅路の花聟（みちゆきたびじのはなむこ）」
Kabuki Playbill (Tsuji banzuke) for Plays at the Morita Theater: Kanadehon Chûshingura, Michiyuki Tabiji no Hanamuko
森田座辻番付 「仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）」、「道行旅路の花聟（みちゆきたびじのはなむこ）」
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions
29.7 x 45.7 cm (11 11/16 x 18 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28104
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTsuji banzuke for the kabuki drama "Kanadehon chûshingura" and the Kiyomoto-style Jôruri piece "Michiyuki tabiji no hanamuko". These were staged at the Morita Theater (Edo) from the 5th day of the 10th lunar month of Ansei 4 (1857). The banzuke was published by Ogawa Hansuke.
「仮名手本忠臣蔵」 かなでほんちゅうしんぐら
「道行旅路の花聟」 みちゆきたびじのはなむこ
森田座、江戸
安政04(1857) ・10月 ・05日より
版元備考： 小川 半助
「仮名手本忠臣蔵」 かなでほんちゅうしんぐら
「道行旅路の花聟」 みちゆきたびじのはなむこ
森田座、江戸
安政04(1857) ・10月 ・05日より
版元備考： 小川 半助
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.